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- - - - - - - - - - , - - - , . . 'L _ _ _ _ _ TilE DAILYBEE---OMAIIA MONDAY , JULY 10 , 1882 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The OmahaBee. Pabhed overyinorning , except Stindy . Ihe ony Moniiy onitng itfly , TI1tMS mtlri - Ono Veir. . . . . $10.00 Three Month$3OO Uix ? tonth. o.OO One . . 1.00 rin wEEIi : I3I1 , b1Ie cv. ryVeK1y. . TERMS 1'OST rAID- One TlireoMoflth5. , 6D 1. Mr , th. . . . 1.00 One . . . . AMERICAN COMPANY , Solo Agentu or NewdCA1C1a In the tTnited Stte. CORRESPONDENCE-Mt Cnrnmnnl. atton8 relating to NewndEdh.orIl11flM- N PhOUI'l ) O MkLrCM&1 t.O the Einroa oY ' 14 BFE. BU3i 'ISS T4ETPEIIS-A11 HwneRR ietter Zflt fleinltthncea Rho11d be ad. drcRod to Tii OMMtA I'7flt1RfINI COM. VAY , OMAnA , Drafts , CIiock anti 1ot- .flicc Ordeni fAJ be ijiado pnybIo to the . rdar of the Company I The BEE PUBLIJJflW 00. , Props. Th p.OSEWATER. Edlitor. Rnpubllonfl Statc Convniitiou t The repiibllctin electors of tim state of Nebraska arohorebycallod to send tkle. 1 gatci from the .evern1 coiinUc to meet in gt.ato con'entIoIt nt Omaha \Vedneiday , f. September 2Ith , A. 1) . , 1882 , nt 7 o'chck p. in. , for the purpoe of placing in nation canLIdates for thc following narneil oflice , viz : 0 ( I overnor , Ifcutenantgnvcrflor , ecretnry of tnte , nuditor. treIrer % , nttornoygen v ra1 , crnnirdsIoner of imbilo Ind and 1)taI1dllng , auperintetident of public Intruc lion , y And to ttanHact SUCh other 1)U1nPB flH ' may properly conho ) ) ( fore the convention. The , cvoral countIes are entitled to ion. i recntatR'es In tim istath eanventlon a o fo1ow ( 1nIoI I1)Ofl the vote cast. for 1aac ] 'ower , Jr. , in p881 , ( or regent. of the state ii university : Giving one ( ) tlelegato to each one nhInlreI : und iifty ( Ibo ) vote , and one delegate for the Iractfon of tcvcaty.fivo y ( Vi ) votc3 or over ; alAn 0110 delegate at 1ATO for each orgafliCl ( county. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I' s - 0 0 0 I 8' ' Counties. Counties. : ii : _ ' : ; ; : : : : : -ni ; ; 0j ; .IelTeri.oi w Atitdopo. . 700 C Ji1IIiQIi I I u ; u In lkono . . . . . . I , IoIrIIcy 7J9 il fluffalo . . . . . . Q IeItji 22 1 371 . . . . . . . . . I 7 . . . . . . fl hurt . . . . . . . . . 14 IaiitnQr : ; io i ( lt . . . . . . . . . 12 LIHcoln. . . HPJ 4 ( Iar I I. 2 Ift4II ! . . 7:12 : I ChecflhIc. : . . 170 2 Merrlck. I27 7 dC CIa3 . . . . . . . . : : : to N7tI7O 2o : : cOnkX . . . . . . . .1 II 5 XcnIeIa ) . . 1 I I ! ) J ( ; uitnlng .i , ; i I 5 Nttekolls . I1t i or ( IIMter . . . . . . . . $ IJ ) :1 : ( ) too . . . . . . iri ; I I ° CIaMo ) . . . . . . . . . 1OVIICU ( . . . II II Lu IHilidy . . . . . . . . .I .I I'IieIp . . . . . .0 I I.kota 102 .1 I0lcreu ( l 2 Iao on 371 8 I'lattu 712 1 I Inori . .1 17 1 I'olk . . . . 1012 II a : Io7Igo ) . . . . . . .I . 10r 8 Ikil'i1o % % . J ) 3 14 IongIaM. . : L'3-i . Is ItlellarlIHoll 1TA18 II lillinure. . . 152iJ I I Silitic. . . . . . 1871 13 370 I'r7tnkIln . . , . rci . r. Sariiy. . . . . . .II ) .1 Iroiitler . . . 128 . 2 SaIInhI'rs. ( . : : : : 10 101 ' , . . . . . . . . 0 SenruI. . . 1207 1) ) cr ( : iige. . . . . . . . . 1720 . 12 Sliertuali , . Ir 1 ( . . . . . . 2 & 1tntohI. 188 2 cx ( rceley : ! 02 2 Tluayer. . . IO.4J 8 hail . . . . . . . . . 178 II Valley . . . Ins I da I Iaiiillton. . tI2 : ; 7 VaIiIngL'i I 2 19 11 BaTlall . I 1G9 II % % 0aylO IT I liltekeock. . .I 2 ( ) 2 WIucler IN 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . & t SVcbstcr. . 1IJT ) lIowar4I . 63J 6 York. . . . . . . 1930 1 vu 1Itye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0 Tithi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 gr It iB recommended : First. That no proxuc uo adrnitto(1 to the convention , except aich flB art ) Iiotl ! by CX P00n reshling In t1o : couitIei from which tIe proxieN are given. IS Second. .Fhat no delegate shall ropresetit , an absent member of hill tielegatinU , 11111C704 lie be clothed with aut.hozty from the bc county convcition , or is In of I prOxIeN fron : regularly elected delegates . thereof. JAMicV. . DAv1n , Ti : Chairman. II ; JOHN STEN , Secretary. LINcoLN , Nob. , July 0 , 1882. wI 7 , , - crc 7 , . . Wzty don't they biatig murderers iii Cr ( Iowa ? Bocauqo they don's albow any roc nan to take a drop. do Tiu lfcrald publishes the call for the republican district convention. . . . Cr : Doe Miller 1111.5 a pair of republican of scissors and. it mixes him up badly. If asked 1ItHU It wac done , we would say , 0 Ohurch ilowol ANI ) flow it transpires that Brig. General Alexander signed the blank , be and put tim great coal of state upon it , CC and somebody fills the blank out and UI 1 . to the . 811 hands it. in congressional corn. lots Alexander out-of be niittco. This - . Ba the guboriiationnlrace. _ Tim C01U1)bOtO atid oquRlizod aBSCSS inoiit of Douglas county sllowb an ag. grogato ofovor$0,500,000 taxabloprop. rLy , au liicroaso of over two millions 1)0 I and a quarter over last year's aasess mont. This healthy increase in the assessed valuation ii no doubt largely ti : duo to tIm exposure of tax shirkers be nUll unequal asoaineit hIndu by Tim hEr. , _ _ _ _ _ _ Tim herald ventures to predict the Ar : IlOIfliflation of Jamiios W. Dawcs for re : : governor and E. IC. Valontiiio and ' Church Howe for congress nlnoflmj thu tIl' ' inovitabbo rolubllcan lOlIliUIttiOllS. cli Doctor Miller generally ventures to be predict those tliiiiga in politics which the Union l'acifbo managers are anx Oil . I . ! : : jous to bring about.Vhou they suc coi : f : ceodlio is a good propbotbut ; tlioy very ° " , , O1teU fail you 1(110W. The JJetild did br 1 not venture to predict Van Wyck for ; donator , did it ? bre l - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; 1 .1 ANOThER COhlUnISSiOll is called for. 2 7 This tinio Mr. Frye , of Maine urges ' : tiio senate to appoint a commission crc that will oliquiro into ( ho wants of . American ship building during the tre reCess of congress , 811(1 report back yo 60rn0 measures that will tend to the tro .xoiiof of "this great national In. .dustry. " how IIiaIIy Illoro of these omnission5 does congress 1)OP0SO to create ? Are not congrosslfleli drawing Ku pay all the year round , and , dci : wiiy should mint they ro tilt aol'yo ti1Ol1lsCIVC. jUte cozunissionera till to , .i1qUirO iiito the 1104XI5 of the of country atiti devise iueaBUrCs for thu 37Ci relief If every great industry that 11133' tro be crippled for Svant of vrover enrul couragemorit ? In tlio Iauuugo of a Siii Chicago otolmporary , why dOn't 1 > 01 couross n0VO to a1)p0111t a tell COWInIBsIOZI to inquire into tile dosira. COIl f bility of continuing to elect to coil. By gross tile style OS flieR wito ani 'ent eve there nowi hi THEICROP OUTLOOK. Reliable reports of the condition of the crops in the great agricultural states are on the whole very favora 1)10 , Wheat. is much bettor than blat year , a1thogh not up to the crop of 1880. Rye , oats potatoes and hay are considerable above the average. The most favorable reports of wheat conic from Michigan. The crop in that sthto tw years ago waa over thirty n'ilIion bushels , last year it was ono.third ies , while this year the crop promises to be full that of 1880. 111 Indiana two years ago the crop WAS over :38,000,000 : , last year about 8liOOO0O , and this year it will roacil very licarly the figures of two years ago. In iaiisaa the wheat harvest is nearly over , and the crop is LiStiIIIak'l at 30,000,000 busllois , or bUy per celIt. in excess of tim crops ) f tlio last two yours. There has boon a considerable ro meLlon in tile acreage of wilent in owa , Wisconsin , anti in sorno parts if Minnesota , but iii other parts of ho last state flIld in D.lkota and in ebrnska there have boon large addi. ions to the area.Viiat wheat there S ill Iowa and \Vicollsin promises i'd ! . Tue crop of wheat in Wiscon. in will be larger than it was last ear , but III Iowa it willet ot ho so large. Last year the rheat crop of Iowa was 18,000- 00 bubilois , hr about half what ; wan in 1880. This year it will robably be somewhat less than last oar. In Wisconaimi the WllOflt crop was early 18,000,000 bushels last year , a null gain over 1880 , and this year it h iay go up above 20,000,000 bushels. :1 Illinois tile WIloilt crop last year m as 20,822,000 bushels , or barely omic- ) tif what it was the year before ; Lids I : ar the indications arc that tile crop I1 exceed that of last year , and may . built to 30,000,000 , but a good dual t ponds on the luck the farmers have ( i for tile of the harvesting , wetness c OUIld delays the work and coinpole a C cradle to bo mmccl instead of tile c c1iimio in 1II8II cases. Nubrasba ii it year produced a juLio Ices tilan i i ,000,000 blisilels of wilcat , Illid this t ar promises to go two or three illillu ns above that ; the acreage has iii- caned , and thu graill is ] ooking well , I i copt in the harrow strip of country i i mnagod by hail. j Ill lUiiimmcsota thu crop blat yearwna v rgor tilan that of two years ago ; tins ¶ 1 ar tIm crop wilt iiol probably vary c eatly froii the 35,000,000 bushels c educed ill 1881. a Corn is rather noor , with very few r ceptions. Ill aU localities time corn very baciewurcl , but in lflRfl of t I Ofli it iS promising fairly. In a few alities the reports nro c1uite favora. c , but these are rare oxceptfor.s. fi Ic corn crop of Limo United States j i 1880 was 1,537,535,940 bushels , r iich was a sbgiit reduction from the ) of the previous year. In 1881 the c ) fell to 1,104,010,000 bushels. A o luction of one-fourth would cut it Ii WI' to about t)00,000,000 ) bushels. u 7 it it may miot be so bail as that. n ill tile fact remains that last year's ] J m D WAS A large reduction fromli those d LIme two previous yearn , an'd it is g rtaui that this years crop will not g Inc Ui ) to that of last year. I In Nebruka acreage is considerably creased amid tile yield will doubtless t I much larger this year than last. ii rn in Illinois last year was no uch more tirni > 118ff tile crop of 1879 , id it is almost certain to be much ! low wilat it Was last year. The t : Inc IS tree of corn in Iowa. Even ti Itidiamma , wiloro the bad weather r a ilad time least effect , the crop will m t be quite SI ) largo as it was iast ar. In all tilOse states the rye , oats , j L tatoos , and lilly are , with very rare c i ceptioims in various localities , unc mmnonly proimmising. In most places Li 080 crops will be larger than ever ti lore. ri 11 1 Tiios interested in timber clainms 0 r LI doubtless desirous to know tile ) 1lturoInoilts of tim timubor cuituro act atnumideti. 'I'Ilo UhilOlIded law of bI 11 United States ill regard to tilmlber 1111111 requires but ton acres to fu planted to timber Oil each quarter di ) ition , or It corresponding proportion ) oigllty flhld forty acre iota. The lo mdilions are as follows : Five acres 1 each quarter section arc to be c ) kofl tile first year , cropped the aoc cli i , and tim additiousi live acres ro ) ken. Thu third year five acres ist be lilaIltcd Witil trees 4x4 , or IC i 00 to time acre. The fourth year I roiimaiulimg fl'o flCr08 , which were pped time same year , are to be sli uttmd IU tile 581110 Illallfler. The ri1 Cs are to be cultivated for eItllt dc : irs , when tilero IIIUSL be 676 living ta es to tile acre. Tills obtains a lie I ; emmt to time land. en i'm' division ill our ranks in the yetomme state is emIly another cvi. lice of tllat ilmdopolldont spirit in I republican lartY which prefers 1111 ) I will of tllO4)C0p1e to tue autilority a boss. I'OllIlaylvaIlia has for mmtaiiy Ill ! irs been UIldur tile arbitrary coii. I of the Caimmoroims , Tills despotic ill ) 0 WaIm ustablisilod by old man 11011 'tvlioso soi > flom , , trained in the b itical caInja , itmimurit.od the haUgilty iper that tile habit of undismutod trol IIUpOSCS On llUUlau cimaractem- . till , 8il and all lllUAils 110 lortbOll it usi r tile republican cOlmVCimtioIla , and aimi be momutvablo campaign of 1880 " 1 ' . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - forced time unit rule against the expressed - pressed will of the people , . Against this deposition , the free spirit of thopeople , under leaders who bavo the nerve and brain to conduct the struggle , have rebelled. We want no more Bossism in the republican party , is tile clear menning of this so called bolt. We don't want democrat. Ic success , but if the will of the people plo is to bo surronlercd to the picas. uro or interest of aiy man or sot of men , then wo propose at any cost to vindicate the true voice of the pcop1e , TillS 18 aimmIy the assertion in the politics of tiitgreatatate of the prinoi- pies that underlies all republican in- atituLions - V ( ) . jtijili , t.oi 1)ei. There are suggestions of a compromise from general Beaver , wlmo says in his speeches that time door in opoti. This comes with iii grace from the man who wan put UI ) by Cameron to slain the door in the face of time People. The indcpondoimts will not be likely to accept any propo. sition tlitt is preseimtcd jIm Limo couplet. Timoy do Ilot confess tilemsolves slmm- nera. They are ready , perhaps , to offer a compromise , but it must ox. elude Canmeron and bossism , which their gallant work Imas killed. Any comnprolniso froln l3eaver is too Imlucil like the Trojan ilOr.1O-tlmO Greek bearing presents. MAYORAND COUNCIL Tue charter governing cities of the first class , vests the appointlllent and removal from oflico of all city officers Ilot elected by Lime peopio , in the may. or and coUllcil. While the imiayor is old responsible for the proper en- rorcomnent of tile laws and ordinances , immd the conduct of his subordinates iii fliCO , tile council share the responsi. ility with time mayor for the good overnment of the city. Tue power 0 appoint is vomited In the mayor , but lb cllartor expressly requnos [ Section t ) . ] that the Imiayor shall irocuro the onsont of the entire coummcil to every I ppoimmtmmient lie niakes. This law is in otiforlnity with timno-homiored us go and time comistitutional liniitatiomms c nposed upon executive officers from t ilO presidelitI down to the municipal xocutivo. C 1mm this reipect , the legislative . raimclt of tile government has Limo f owcr to veto the acts of tiiooxccutivo oat as the executive has the power to eto tue acts of the legislative branch. t 1io president , for instammce , immay exere Ise tim appointing power without t onsulting the members of the senate , mid the senate , at its liscrotion , may I efuso its consent to the appointment. a 1110 discretion imposes no , obligation ) explaiti the reason or motive of any enator for his refusal to ratify the iioice of the exccutive. It is suf. a cleIlt that a majority of the senate , i time exercise of its prerogative , ofusos to confirm. The relations of Mayor Boyd to the r ouncil of Omaha are precisely those l F time presidemit to tue senate. He as the right to appoint , amid they , 11011 miot consulted , very properly fi may refuse their consent to his choice. ti t Mayor Boyd appears to labor wi- or the delusion that lie alomme is time ovornmemit , amid that he alone is re o pomisiblo for the incompetency or in- licioncyof appointive officers. Mayor oyd served in the council several irmus , and the records will show that t 0 i1id not always agree with the 1' ' ayer or his appointnments. Ill fact , o are almost sure that if Mr. Boyd j ft5 couimcilnitin amid ammy mayor should fi ill ililu that 110 would appoint nobody ci tat tile council desired to support ho ould get his back up , like a govern. c ' but mmiulo , and refuse to budgo. u Now we take it , tilat the council are H ist as anxious to do the best for time V ty as tue mayor , and while tiioy may rr in some tlliiigs , tue mmiayor is liable T ) blummder just 115 oftemi in other ti unga. There ought to be mutual 8I)0Ct and good will between the 837cr mmd tue coummcil , amid tllat can tc mly be had by Imiutual courtesy and tI ilcussion. Li Time mayor cammnot undertake to ally time council amid expect tilelu to ci imico to Ins ImlUsiO. lie should not to tee UjOl1 timemmi aPPOilitIUOmmts that il't. ilmuot their approval , amid themm ld tiiermi responsible for the dead- ck. Mayor lloyd owes allegiance to i' ' 0 MimIc people that have elected tue 1iI uncil , and lie should respect the olce of time lOople , if iiodcsires tobo spected by time people. Time lrcsent dead.look In the zip. intiiieimt of a board of public works Ii be amicably adjusted If the mmiayor h1 but concede to the council its are of tile reapomisibility , amid its Iimts to be consulted. Of course timis in esiiotmmioaiitiiat the COUImclI shah dic. ye to whom ill ) shall appoiimt , but tiuit tli simolmId. mmmcci them half way , fllmd ar doavor to secure a mutual urmder. of lIldilIg comlccrmmimig tue men lie per. Li sea to appoilit. au Evomi prosidomits have to stoop. lie lC hare to CoImsult semiators , aimd imu st gonoraliy do consult tiiemmi nuid at ocuro their coneolmt before they 110 the aim appointmemut.Vii say tills CV icli b. > cauao vo dcciii it of vital w portauco that time luiftyor amid foi zincil should act in harmony for the M at imiterest of time city. we - ba TIlE 1iidatulliuiler Ilolidziy issue of ole Ceituzry is to have miiore tittimi time of al quota ol illustrated papers eng tilelli two omt English aubjuct , ie 110 Borderlands of urroy" will do. tin scribe one of the most charming garden - den spots of England , and include , among its illustrations , views of the home of Alfred Tennyson , and of 'qJrookabnk , " where George Eliot lived whoi showrote "Midcllonlarch. " A paper on some "English Artists and their Studios" will have sixteen pictures of the int riors of the studios of Sir Frdorick Leighton , J. E. Mil- lain , George 11. Booglitom , Alms.Tad. : oma , Pimilip It. Morris , John l'ettite , and others , drawn by the American artist , Mr. Chas. A. Vanderiioof. a Timn friepds of Mr. Lane are decicl. edly indiscreet in agitating the clues. tion of Mr. Lane's fitimess or unfitness to succeed himself as sUlerlfltenderlt of our schools. It is not always prudent - dent for Llloso whose places arc filled by man of superior ability to insist that reasons are to be given why others have been preferred , nor is It desirable that tile clerical friends of time school teacher should seek to in- fluetmco public opinion in his behalf. The Board of Education believe it to be the interest of tile patrons of tue schools that a man of more experience and greater exccutivo ability than Mr. Lane shall be at time head. With this decision Mr. Lana and his friends Imavo no right to find fault. Mr. E. V. SMtLLIiY , flow traveling through Dakota and beyomid time line of uitmished railway , is engaged in spy. I ing out tile land in the imiterest of tim readers of The Ccnficry .L1rczytzime. 11o is writing a series of papers oi "TIle Now Northwest" the first of I which , decribing the Dakota wheat region , the "Bad Lands , " arId the Yellovstone country , will appear in ] hmo mtdsummner holiday ( August ) Cell. a Ury. When completed , the series vill form a journal of consecutive ravel from Fargo to the cascadesof a ho Colummibia. U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ F niluonco ol Immigration North and South. ; t. Ioufs ltepuIlfcau. : C Time immilimenco of counparativoly ro5 out inlmuigration oil the growth of fi lie states of the Amnericami union has Ii 'oon ' so great timat few are prepared to li stimnate with even approxiummato ac- ' uracy. By tim census of 1880 , there rero in the United States 6,4t)9,784 f oreign born citizens , riot couimtirig Ii liiieso and .Tapamiese. Of these Ii imly 650,000 were in the old slave ti tates. Time great disparity between 110 accessiOns to populatiomi from for- ? ign hands lii the two great sections of fl lie country is but suggested by the ii Limber of those actually born abroad tc 11 1870 there wore 5,473,02t ) foreign LI iorn citizens in the United States , l nd 0,004,558 who weron bor of l oreign parelmtago. The number iii I lie United States of foreign parent. tl ge in 1880 has not yet been ti ublisiied. Bet talkiiig tue proportion ' f 1870 as a criterion , and there were d .1,500,000 persons in 1880 in the V Jmiited States born of foreign parent. II go. That is , there were in round ii lUfllt3Ors 18,000,000 of foroigmi born 0 : oraons and of foreign born parentage. oL above ten per cent of this large b ccreinent of population froimi foreign o ources were in the former slave ii tates. Tlmat is to say , 1,800,000wero 11 oumid In the south amid 16,200,000 in tI he north. Imi considering tue effect t ( f imnmigration on population , if we ir luould go no further back tiuami to tE litninato thin foreign born and those cc f foreign parentage , we should timid Li tiat of the 32,000,000 native born and f native parentage left , there would s 0 U the nixteemi former slave holding fe Lates 15,000,000 , and In the twenty- alIve Ivo free states and thenine territories of 7,000,000 pooplo. it These facts seem to show that it is iii ) tile factitious circumstances , to tue Iflux of foreigners rather than to dif. 5C rence of "civilization" or superior N Limatic vigor that so great a prepomi. Y eranco of population is now found in am 10 iiortlmermi portion of the Union. hm 'onsidering , too , the intluemico of pop. latiomi on the grOwtil of wealth in hi ow and fertile territory , and tue su- he oriority of one sectiomi over the other C : 1 this respect will appear to have ro iltod froimi the same accidental cause.TI kits is especially true with respect to P 10 wonderful growth of northern and m orthwestern cities iii comparison with iic iose of time uzouthi. Fully omie.third P the poulation of all miortlmern iwlis alit ) cities are foreiglm born and bj lose of foreign paromitago constitute 1 iree.fiftlis of tue people of those ur- UI Imluhmicipalitios. pc These facts amid coiisidorations are holly ilitereatillg tO those who wish I : knew the true springs of progress Lb tile United States , aumd to ostiumlato lii ] istly the vigor and capabilities of lU : ) Uiations on this cOmitiiioilt in widely tli parated latitudes , and , iii mamy re- ects , with distinctly divergemit social Ca id economical tcimdommcies. tii _ _ _ _ _ ho LANE'S DISCHARGE. Ls Time Was Up and Ho Had to Go , Tbat'e All. ( CcicciunimtcdJ Fe OamAmLA , July 8 , 1882. as Mn. ElIToml-Ilaving boon looking aim to school miiattora a little of late fr are , I ani somnewimat surprised at 0 course of Time Itepublicaim , What 'k 0 the facts in the case ? The board lau educaticn have uiot dismissed Mr. 1110. Ito was ompioycd by tiieyear , g d the 1ioaitioii being 0110 to whicil was elected by tile board , ho has on : mono claiimi to it thamm any one has ha tile 011)irattoll of lmis terlu. 'limat was mmot again elected , is macrely ei , idouco Lllat a immajority of tim board jun uro of the opifliOn that they had on anti a better mush. Suppoaiimg that r. Lane was grossly incompetent , abi ultl it have beoii a jm the cvi ck" for tile school bard to limivo icted sonic one else at the uxpiratiomi Fo llis term of office ? No , sir ; tile rio and are imot to be cetuurcd for act. I 18 they thought boat. Mid now us look back over tue two years yai it Mr. Lane has been here , amid sec . - - - - - - - -r - If the majority of the board have not acted wisely as judged by the opinmon of their predecessors. In the first place , Mr. Lane was elected suporintomidont of tile schools by a board consisting of twelve members - bors , and so thoroughly satisfied was this old board , of his incompetency , that I doubt if ho would have received - coived two votes out of the twelve for his retention for another year. This is my candid opinioum after having pretty thoroughly cauivuseod the mern- bors during that year , The legislature , however , legislated the old board out of existence , and in its place a board , consisting of six mmicmbers was elected Of this board oimly two niembers had been members of tile old board , the remaining four buimig oimtiroly new mnolubera without any kuiowiedgo whatever of the schools. The old imieinbera , however , had be. fore thorn the schools under tIme direc. tioli of l'rof. heals as well as a kmiowl edge of them under tim supervision of Prof. Lane , mmd what do we find ? When tllO vote forsuponintemidemmt was had last year both of these old mom- bera voted agaimiat Mr. Lane , while the four new mlmemimbers voted for him. It was not long , however , until oime of tIme menibors vhio voted for 111111 was satisfied that Mr. Lane was not the Iliaui for the place , amid co expressed - pressed himself. What do we miow find ? Soniething must be dommo to ro- titiii the position. So so hear rulimors that Mr. Aiideraon , who , for sonic reason known only to himmmself , ( and suspected by others ) has soon lit to see IiothiIlg to the superintendent's this. paragomont , amid Mr. Lane have laid plans by which to capture the whole 1 mciiool board at the city election iIessrs. Lomig , Conoyer and Thrali [ flust be defeated. how well tue lana were laid I do not know , but lucy miscarried. It is true Mr.I I riirall was defeated , but in his place tr. l'oints was elected. Now it so hap. ) onedtliat Mr. Poimitshadbeoimamonm. ) er of the board iii fonimior years , and ) oing also superintemident of the ounty schools , lie had a practical nmowbedgo of schools , and could form C n intelligent idea of whetilor the uponintendent was a fit man for the lace , That lie arrived at. the comiclu. c ion to oppose ililn for time position is \ nly anothcr evidence of Mr. Lane's c infitness , as no ono in timis community o as over yet lied aumy occasion to ii IoubtMr Points' fairness. g 'l hat it is not vise to Iflake many ti liangea iii the miiamiagenient of our tl cilools is true , but the last change ii ro i Beats to Lamio was so manifestly a ad that another change was an absoa : 1te necessity if we ar to have any ri ihoole. ml One other point. I have been iiin > rmncd that the board by tim&r recommt pi etiomi have &cted out time advice of hi iany of the teachers and of nearly all iii ho pniiic'palsof the several schools. 1 It is charged that the trouble 'with l In. Lana has been tlmat hm 1mm cared of lore for his personal popularity tiiiui T e has for time good of tile pupils ; that ii ) gain this popularity lie has lowered P iio grading , so that children apparent. make much more rapid progress w hue in reality learning less ; that lie pi I apparently incompetent to conduct ii ic schools ; that he is as variable as te ile wind. instructing teachers in one ci ' 1137 and on the next occasion giving ci irections directly the reverse , and qi arious other little things not so bad cii themselves , but of vast importance p i the superimitondont who hms .hargo T f the education of our children. ol It is true some of the teachers have d ecmi very well satisfied , lila lowering ni I the grades and absence of reports tr aving made their work so mnuch T , ghtor , but I venture the prediction C icit iii every case whore there is a ui : achor favorable toward him cia superpi mtendeumt , there will be found a c aciior who cares more for her own lii ) mfort than she does for the good of ie children and the schools. In cor.cluaion , Mr. Editor , I would ui ly that this is written with no ill. cling toward Mr. Lane personally , fr id had it not boon for the desperate ti : Ibrts of some of his friends to make ci appear that the board of education id stabbed him in the back , nothing P ould have been written by me. The B heel board did not oven discharge w [ r. Lane. He was hired by the h jar , and when tim year expired they 0. inply hired some one else , as tiioy an id a right to do. Of Mr. Fitzpatrick I know nothing , is , t , iii tue laimguage of one of our no adixig citizens who iM well posted on in heel mnatters , he cami't be any worse cci Ian the man whom lie supplants. sii his we do know , however : Mr. Fitz. tr itrick comes here with the endorse. emit of a ro.oleatiomi to the position ju I has held for tile past five years-a tim otty good enclorsenont. , oj1 The motive for all these criticisms ni r Mr. Lamie's friends is to raise a tim 0cin ill the hiofO of frightemming Mr. sp itzpatrick imito a declination of the Isitioii ; but as Mr. F. is acquaintqd ithi Lane and his inetimods , it will , as CF believe , fail. As I before said , Li is is uiot written for the purpose of to Using Mr. Lane , but when omme ivi mmmber , who stamlds almost alone iii At 0 ichool board , sees fit to come out lii the public prints in response to a soi II by himself emi lmicmuself and impugn Inc 0 mnotivos of the majorIty of time Iii and it is but that , just some one cx ould Loll what it is that has caused liii 0 action of the majority. be. . CITIZEN. an Louisville's Fourth. Louisville spemit a gala day emi tile iurth. Instead of its being sultry , shi : is usual at this time of year , Limo 811 . was cool , with a bracing breeze by liii the northwest. Tue grounds ulI ire on the hillside , 'noath tile shade the "ancient" oaks , aflbrding a fine 1w of the river mid the surroumiding idscapo. The stores and residences re beautifully amid appropriately corated In cOmlllflomOratioml of the eat event , Ex-Mayor Chase of Omaha dcliv. I . d a brilliant oration which was toned to Witil imiarkod attention roughout. Mr. Chas is at all timnea inc talker , but lie fairly outdid ii liii- t here. 'rho band did very well loud under Prof. Nichols , consld. : uig tile short tiimio they have been ' cying , Marshal Muigrini is dcserv- of special imioutiomi for the peacoa. Lu auth orderly niamimior in which he rytiiing was comiductud. ill in all , it was tue pleasanteat unthi Louaisvilfo has over expo- aced , D. WANTEP.-I'O buyouta lumber .d haying a good bUSjIiCsS , Address 0. A. , BEE office. at - IIEADLICIIT GLEAMS. The Fast Mall Business Knook- ed in the Head. Rumored Consolidation of the Wabruth and Mleeouri Pacific. It is hinted that the Wabash rail. road COfl1ftfl37 will be adimionished not to undertake tile operatiomi of a fast mail traiii froumi Toledo via ilaimnibal to Council Blufl. The admonition will cimiaiito from comoting lines iii the Iowa Pool. These are tim lt'ck Isiaild , Burlimigton and Northwestern. Iii fact it is surmnised that time coimsomit of those hues has been asked and rd- fused ; amid , morovor , that the refusal was accompaimied by a suggestion that the Wabash had hotter not disregard tue wishes of tIm 1)001 hues. That probably settles it ; unless , as ammie think may happen , the Wabasii decides - cides to defy the 1)001 and run the train any way. This is not probable , Iioivovor. llldeed , no line in the pool could afford to incur time antagoiiismn of its associates iii the compact , no niattor how legitimate its proposed undertaking. The govornmnent will probably find that tile railroad pool be. tween liiiicigo and Omiiauia is au him- Passable barrier to overytluimig imot in accord wIth tue spirit and object of the agreement. PtTitil 1ONOiIANCE. The Timnea is authorized to state Lhat them is mm truth in tim published report of tue Chicago ; Milwaukee and t. Paul railway having boon admitted :0 : tue Iowa pool. Aumy one possessing I scintilla of itmformmiation about rail- vay affitirs would know that tim ques- l , ion of the St. Paul's admnissmon to nombership has iiot. been mentioned filcially in the 1)001 councils , RUMOILS OF REOUOANIZA.TI0N. Rumors are curromit of probable iiangcs in the imiamiagemnent of tue Vabashi railway. The stories afloat Von hint at a sort of financial alliance f the Wabash and Missouri Pacific it s said by one of time set of ossips that Jay Gould will relinquish lie presidency of the Wabash , and mt Capt. II. S. Hayes will be elected i lila place. There are enough good , iuaro imidicatiomis upon the surface , mido frommi aIiy rumors , to alniost war- mt the conclusion that Capt. hayes booked for some part iii the Wabash ianagemnont. It is reasonable to sup. 150 that Mr. iloxie will ftCCOIIIPAIIY un. The former enjoys in the ighcst degree the confidence of Er. Gould lie is first vice resident anti. chief executive manager Gould's southwestern hues , viz : he Missouri Pacific , the St. Louis , oI1 Mountain & Southern , the Tcxas 7 acificand the International & Great ortherii. It is not doubted bore , iiatover opinions may exist as to tim robability of official changes , that C 10 Vabash and Missouri Pacific are I be henceforth operated under a Ti oser alliance thami formerly Actual ) nsoltdation , however , though fre. Q iiontly predicted , Ia not practicabio , I wider the laws of Missouri no two irallol lines can be amalgamated. lie impression that a reorganization the managemnent is contemplated is oepened by the fact that Mr. Hayes id Mr. J.Iloxio have boon making a IJ ) over the lines of the Wabash in [ issuri and Iowa. They arrived in hicago yesterday. Mr. Smith , troas- ror of the Missouri Pacific , accomn- mica them. The company will pro. cd fromn here over the the conipany's 1105 imilllinois.-Chicago [ Times. th Fifty cars of steel rails were for- to arded for the Oregon Short line SatJ rday. The Union Pacific is reinforcing its eight equipment witim 200 box cain Lirty-two feet long , and having a : pacity of 41,000 pounds , The total mileage of the Union I aciflo railway is now 3,900 miles. eforo tile 8COfl is over 250 miles ill be added out of the 500 miles ) W in process of construction in regoll , Idaho , Montana , Colorado id this state. Notwithstanding that the B. Is ! . : comparatively speaking , a now ad , most oxcc'llent ' time is being ado. One of our citizens who Inc in from Denver a low days rice held a watch and timed the am as it passed mile posts , and at > ys that eight miles were run 111 ] st ton nmimiutos. Another says at lie rode six miles in less than iit iiiinutcs. This is not quite a I ile a minute , but it is getting over 0 country at a very rapid rate of ioc oed.-Stato Journal , Io $ I1OIITIININO 1P. The Chicago Tribune says : "The ucago line runs via Plattsmnoutli mid ucohmi , Nob. , amid at Hastings it him bike a turmm south to Red Cloud , iere it cominects with the line from - chison. Tilis southern detour from istiimgs makes tile Chicago line newhat longer than it could be ide if a short cut was built froiii istings orsomne vointon tue Kearney tension to strike tim maimi Dciivor IC further west. Surveyors have Cii in the field for such a cut-ofT , d It has been decided to run a limie lull Hastings to Arapaiioe. By tiding ibis cut-oft tim Burlington d Deiiver line from Chicago will be Drtened about twemmty five miles , d it will then be the shortest line some thirty miles between ( Jilicago ii Domivor. ISASURECURE 'or all diseases of the Kidneys and fpc I LIVER- XlhaipiocifioatioaontI.iainc.t1mpoytant DC ) rnftfl. euabiing it to throw cit torridity and .nacUon. .tlmulatthg the healthy aocreUoa 18 ) ( tiie HU. , and by keeping the bowels in ( roe UI ondition cirocting ita regular diach.trge. M a aa . Ifyouareaufleringtroin maiiuia.iiayothocii1ia , bac ire biUou. , dyipepUo or contIpaied , Kid. icy-Won wiiiaureiy rcUevo & guicki > ' cure. Y in tiiia iaaOfl to cioanao the Byatem , every SA 700 houid take a thorough coux.o oUt , ( ii ) ' 3OLD ISV DRUCCISTS. Price SI , 'on s , KALUt-i , HE STAR TAILOR I Boor ' , of Oruokahank ! , a. now a COinpieta of Sprhm Good , . mIatingof reuch , .egIklau the btjt Do 011 itics. i'rkcm low a the lo wett. bram .1 NOTIU ) BUT VNT1ThiI ) WOIEA1 ( . ( From the Boston Gtobe.l . . / . I Newa. r.illor. Tha aboa I a good iItcneM of Mra T.1a 11. nab Iim , of 1.ynn. MMa. , cho abe , all other Iuman belnii may lo truthfully called the 'I'cnr } 'rjrncj of Woman , " ftaomo of her eorrepondent. Iott.toal1 her. She is aclouiy devoted to her work , thih Ia the outcome of Iltatudy , nail 1. oblIged to &eep l ! ladj n..sktant. , to help her ans cr I lie targo corrcponclen which daily lO11 In UIOI 1cr , c'acii bearing It. apcclal biirthen of ultctIng , or joy at reIe&e from It. ncr Veretziblo Compound is a indicino for gooii and not CI1 urpoe. . I iiao peronaily ineatigated It an amaatCfied of the truth , ottiii , . On account of It promn merit. , It I. recommended antI precrii.e.h b > thobost , phyaichtna In the country. One .yst "It worka like a charm and eave , much rain. liwilicuro entirely tiiowor.tforin of tailing of the oteru , let1corrha7n , irregular and I'alnful > tenstniationahI OvarlanTroubleq , InfliunmaUon ami ljlcerntlon , flooding , all IM.plaecment , and the con. euent , mlnat weakneec , and is ci.eclaiiy adapted t the Change of TAte. " ltpermentc.ecryporttonof the system , and gives new ilto and vigor. It reniocel taintiieiq , Catuleney , detmys nil cra % Ing for , tlniuiiuite , ant nileycs WCak nca ot the etoniachi. It cures Illoating , Ilenclaclice , Nervous I'ro.tratlon , General I3ebilty ! , SIecp1cneg , neprcsIon and Indigeetlon. Tiiat feeling of bearing down , causing 'nIn , weight and iuickaeiio , I , aiways pcnnanentiy curoti 1.y Ita lice. It nih at nil time , , and under nil elrcuimtaneo , act I a harmony withrtio ia that governs the female yeteni. it cots only 8i. per bottle or eli for $3. , am ! Ia aoId by' druggiet. .tny advice repilre.l a to apeclai came , and the name , of many who liaco boon restored to perfect health by the ucoaf tim 'vgctabIo Compound , cnn be obtainc'tl by athlreing Mrs. I' . , with etanip for i-cpu > - , nt her borne in Lynn , iloas. For } idney Complaint of either ccx thu compound b insurpassed ao abundant teetliiionlal , , .1,0w. "Mcii. I'thkhaiii's ' , , " - " Liver i'lih , an > . ono writer , "are tie lcst In ftc , L'orla ( or the euro of Constipation , fliflousnesg 101(1 Torpidity of tue liver. ITer llIood t'urtncrors wonlcra In it. epecial lire and bids fair 10 equal Chic Compound in its Poptiharity. All niUst respet her as an Angel of iiorey whtoec cob imliltion Is to dogood to others. 1'iiUadeIhin , i'n. (2) ) Mrs. A. > 1. U. THE ] YoaALLIII [ [ BOX RACKSI an Be Handled By a Boy. 10 box need never be taken off the wagon and nil the ihelhed rain and Grass FJeed Is Save It coBtslcs thrn the old stvlo tack. . Every ondard wagon is soid with our rack complete IJY NONE VITHfJUT IT. Or buy the athchmcnts anti apphy thorn to ur olti wagon box. For sale In { ebraska by J. C. CLARK , LIncoln. MANNINO & 1Iss , Omaha. Fn ' 'EDItS , Grand Island. ILtooutrr & unsex , 1iastiiitg. CIIAIu.ps SCIICODiCr.a , Coluiibus. S1'AzoOLS& FJNK , , lied Cloud. (1. 11. CaANS . Co. , Red Oaic , Iowa. L. 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FE MONiTOR OIL STOVE WILL ) IT , bettor , quicker and cheaper lii anyothiermimoans It IsthoONLY rJ S'l'OVE made with the OIL .SERVOTIt ELEVATED at the k of time stove , awayfrom the heat ; wimicii arramigeniont ABSOLUTE 1'lid'Y is secured ; as no gas can be lerated , fully twenty per cent more It is ( jbtciuiied tue wicks arc pro. vod twice as long , tilus Saving the bo ! of cocistaumt trimnmning and time ease of miew ones , EXAMINE .F M0' , ITOIt and you wilt buy no or , . Manufactured oniy by the niter tJil Stove flo , Olevelaild O exid for descriptive circular or call tI. Rogers & Son , agents for No. ika - . . - - - - - - - - -